PaperScan vs NetView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaperScan
Easily digitize various paper documents like invoices, receipts, and recipes. Automatically crop, straighten, and enhance scans for outstanding quality. Upload to cloud storage or share via email and print.
- Automatic document recognition and capture
- Automatic cropping and straightening
- Scans various document types
- High scan quality in any lighting
- Creates PDF files
- Batch upload to cloud storage
- Share via email, print, and AirDrop
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Scan invoices, business cards, tickets, cookbook recipes and all other kinds of paper documents with PaperScan. Upload them to Dropbox, GoogleDrive or DocuWare and share with others. PaperScan helps you to overcome your daily paper flood. And the best thing is - the app is both free and ad-free. Features: - Automatically recognizes documents and triggers image capture - Automatically crops and straightens the captured document - Scans all kinds of documents: big ones, small ones, invoices, receipts, tickets - you name it - Outstanding scan quality in any lighting conditions - Creates PDF - Upload to Dropbox, GoogleDrive and DocuWare in batch mode - Email, print and AirDrop for single documents - Simple and intuitive
NetView
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Die App „NetView“ für iOS gibt dem Benutzer einen Überblick über die Messwerte, die von NetLog-Datenloggern auf dem WebServer bereitgestellt werden. Hierbei kann der Nutzer eine der ihm zugeordneten (Wetter-)Stationen auswählen, die letzten zu Verfügung stehenden Werte einsehen und einen der Werte über einen definierten Zeitbereich graphisch darstellen.
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Verdict
PaperScan and NetView are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PaperScan ships an update every 4 months, NetView every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaperScan | NetView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (759 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 759 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DocuWare GmbH | ESYS Gesellschaft fuer Elektronische Systemtechnik . Hard- und Software mbH |
Bugs and requests
PaperScan
Reported bugs
6 issues- Image disappears after scanning instead of displaying
- App freezes and requires multiple restarts to show scans
- Edge detection fails 50% of the time
- DocuWare integration not transferring documents properly
- Autoscan unreliable and inconsistent
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- Boundary re-registration issues after outline detection
Requested features
5 requests- Direct save to Photos app instead of Files only
- Improved edge detection algorithm
- Better autoscan reliability and speed
- Manual brightness control options
- UI/design improvements
NetView
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PaperScan
No in-app purchases
NetView
No in-app purchases
